News archive from 29 November 2014, page 7

National Car Parks (NCP) has devised a novel new way to encourage drivers to use their car parks in the city.
Their lively snowman, pictured in Broadgate, is pointing motorists in the direction of their parks.
The picture was taken by Echo...

Councils are promising road users that they are ready for any icy blasts this winter, with around 1.3 million tonnes of salt stockpiled.
Despite funding cutbacks, as many as 91% of local authorities in England and Wales are either maintaining or...

A conservation evening will take place next month looking into issues concerning the Grantham Canal, bats and other species.
One of the country’s leading ornithologists Professor Ian Newton will present a talk on the sparrowhawk. supported by other...

Wool for winter. Not exactly groundbreaking in trend terms is it?
Groundbreaking it might not be but this year the catwalk was taken over with wool that was bigger and better, literally.
The Row, fashion label of The Olsen twins, took the prize for...

A senior doctor from the US Government's health institute has told Sky News that the commercial use of Intravenous (IV) drips to treat hangovers should not be allowed.
Dr Lorenzo Leggio runs a unit at the National Institutes of Health that specialises...

One of the British servicemen depicted in a new film about a rescue mission near the Kajaki dam in Afghanistan has told Sky News he thinks the movie will help those involved come to terms with the terrifying incident and "eradicate some...

Dorian West says Saints can't afford to think about what other sides have done to London Welsh this season.
And he has urged his Aviva Premiership table-topping side to focus on getting their own house in order at the Kassam Stadium on Sunday.
Saints...

After a quiet Thanksgiving Day, protesters were out in force again to vent their anger at Monday's decision by a grand jury not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb....

What's kept Husthwaite's mobile library up and running and subsidised a new playground building? Why, apples of course.
The residents of this North Yorkshire village have been turning fruit into liquid gold for five years now. Through the Orchards of...

Coronation Street
Could this really be a merry Christmas for Maria Connor? Given her troubles so far this year, it feels like tempting fate to suggest such a thing, but there's no denying the spark right now between Maria and young mechanic Luke...

A wealth of new opportunities is boosting the income of the region's arable farmers, with East Yorkshire biorefinery Vivergo revealing it is set to deliver total returns of around £1m a month to local wheat farmers.
It comes on the back of an improved...

Yo Adriaaaaaannnn!! Look who is coming to Sheffield - it's Rocky, Rambo and Expendables superstar Sylvester Stallone, writes Graham Walker.
The A-list Hollywood movie legend is making his first visit to the city for his only intimate evening event in...

It's been a decade since the East Midlands' biggest musical export first muscled their way onto the mainstream music scene with their own take on the "Lad Rock' scene.
Well, 10 years on and nothing much has changed for this quartet. Primal Scream...

smiles have been brought to the faces of young patients at Leeds Children's Hospital after an entrepreneur helped out Santa for the day.
Nathan Winch visited poorly youngsters at Leeds General Infirmary to hand out presents from their Christmas...

A leading Chinese rights activist who organised rallies for media freedom pleaded not guilty to charges of disturbing public order in an all-night trial in which the judge rejected his requests for food, a lawyer said.
The case against Yang Maodong,...